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@@ -1,58 +1,107 @@ Release information for hdf5-1.0.0a ----------------------------------- - -This release is an beta release for functionality necessary for the -ASCI vector bundle project in a serial environment. Some parallel -support is also available. Other features should be considered alpha -quality. +----------------------------------- The following functions are implemented. Errors are returned if an attempt is made to use some feature which is not implemented and printing the error stack will show `not implemented yet'. Library - H5dont_atexit - don't call library close on exit - H5init - initialize library (happens automatically) + H5check - check that lib version matches header version + H5open - initialize library (happens automatically) + H5close - shut down the library (happens automatically) + H5dont_atexit - don't call H5close on exit H5version - retrieve library version info - -Templates - H5Cclose - release template resources - H5Ccopy - copy a template - H5Ccreate - create a new template - H5Cget_chunk - get chunked storage parameters - H5Cget_class - get template class - H5Cget_istore_k - get chunked storage parameters - H5Cget_layout - get raw data layout class - H5Cget_sizes - get address and size sizes - H5Cget_sym_k - get symbol table storage parameters - H5Cget_userblock - get user-block size - H5Cget_version - get file version numbers - H5Cset_chunk - set chunked storage parameters - H5Cset_istore_k - set chunked storage parameters - H5Cset_layout - set raw data layout class - H5Cset_sizes - set address and size sizes - H5Cset_sym_k - set symbol table storage parameters - H5Cset_userblock - set user-block size + H5version_check - check for specific library version + +Property Lists + H5Pclose - release template resources + H5Pcopy - copy a template + H5Pcreate - create a new template + H5Pget_chunk - get chunked storage properties + H5Pset_chunk - set chunked storage properties + H5Pget_class - get template class + H5Pget_istore_k - get chunked storage properties + H5Pset_istore_k - set chunked storage properties + H5Pget_layout - get raw data layout class + H5Pset_layout - set raw data layout class + H5Pget_sizes - get address and size sizes + H5Pset_sizes - set address and size sizes + H5Pget_sym_k - get symbol table storage properties + H5Pset_sym_k - set symbol table storage properties + H5Pget_userblock - get user-block size + H5Pset_userblock - set user-block size + H5Pget_version - get file version numbers + H5Pget_alignment - get data alignment properties + H5Pset_alignment - set data alignment properties + H5Pget_external_count- get count of external data files + H5Pget_external - get information about an external data file + H5Pset_external - add a new external data file to the list + H5Pget_driver - get low-level file driver class + H5Pget_stdio - get properties for stdio low-level driver + H5Pset_stdio - set properties for stdio low-level driver + H5Pget_sec2 - get properties for sec2 low-level driver + H5Pset_sec2 - set properties for sec2 low-level driver + H5Pget_core - get properties for core low-level driver + H5Pset_core - set properties for core low-level driver + H5Pget_split - get properties for split low-level driver + H5Pset_split - set properties for split low-level driver + H5P_get_family - get properties for family low-level driver + H5P_set_family - set properties for family low-level driver + H5Pget_cache - get meta- and raw-data caching properties + H5Pset_cache - set meta- and raw-data caching properties + H5Pget_buffer - get raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties + H5Pset_buffer - set raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties + H5Pget_preserve - get type conversion preservation properties + H5Pset_preserve - set type conversion preservation properties + H5Pget_compression - get raw data compression properties + H5Pset_compression - set raw data compression properties + H5Pget_deflate - get deflate compression properties + H5Pset_deflate - set deflate compression properties + H5Pget_mpi - get MPI-IO properties + H5Pset_mpi - set MPI-IO properties + H5Pget_xfer - get data transfer properties + H5Pset_xfer - set data transfer properties Datasets H5Dclose - release dataset resources H5Dcreate - create a new dataset H5Dget_space - get data space + H5Dget_type - get data type + H5Dget_create_plist - get dataset creation properties H5Dopen - open an existing dataset H5Dread - read raw data H5Dwrite - write raw data + H5Dextend - extend a dataset + +Attributes + H5Acreate - create a new attribute + H5Aopen_name - open an attribute by name + H5Aopen_idx - open an attribute by number + H5Awrite - write values into an attribute + H5Aread - read values from an attribute + H5Aget_space - get attribute data space + H5Aget_type - get attribute data type + H5Aget_name - get attribute name + H5Anum_attrs - return the number of attributes for an object + H5Aiterate - iterate over an object's attributes + H5Adelete - delete an attribute + H5Aclose - close an attribute Errors H5Eclear - clear the error stack - H5Eclose - release an error stack - H5Ecreate - create a new error stack H5Eprint - print an error stack - H5Epush - push an error onto a stack + H5Eget_auto - get automatic error reporting settings + H5Eset_auto - set automatic error reporting + H5Ewalk - iterate over the error stack + H5Ewalk_cb - the default error stack iterator function + H5Eget_major - get the message for the major error number + H5Eget_minor - get the message for the minor error number Files H5Fclose - close a file and release resources H5Fcreate - create a new file - H5Fget_create_template - get file creation template + H5Fget_create_template- get file creation property list + H5Fget_access_template- get file access property list H5Fis_hdf5 - determine if a file is an hdf5 file H5Fopen - open an existing file @@ -63,24 +112,35 @@ Groups H5Gpop - pop a group from the cwg stack H5Gpush - push a group onto the cwg stack H5Gset - set the current working group (cwg) + H5Giterate - iterate over the contents of a group + H5Gmove - change the name of some object + H5Glink - create a hard or soft link to an object + H5Gunlink - break the link between a name and an object + H5Gstat - get information about a group entry + H5Gget_linkval - get the value of a soft link Data spaces - H5Pclose - release data space resources - H5Pcreate_simple - create a new simple data space - H5Pget_dims - get data space size - H5Pget_hyperslab - get data space selection - H5Pget_ndims - get data space dimensionality - H5Pget_npoints - get number of selected points - H5Pis_simple - determine if data space is simple - H5Pset_hyperslab - select data points - H5Pset_space - reset data space dimensionality and size + H5Sclose - release data space resources + H5Screate_simple - create a new simple data space + H5Sget_dims - get data space size + H5Sget_hyperslab - get data space selection + H5Sset_hyperslab - select data points + H5Sget_ndims - get data space dimensionality + H5Sget_npoints - get number of selected points + H5Sis_simple - determine if data space is simple + H5Sset_space - reset data space dimensionality and size + H5Scopy - copy a data space Data types H5Tclose - release data type resources + H5Topen - open a named data type + H5Tcommit - name a data type + H5Tcommitted - determine if a type is named H5Tcopy - copy a data type H5Tcreate - create a new data type H5Tequal - compare two data types H5Tfind - find a data type conversion function + H5Tconvert - convert data from one type to another H5Tget_class - get data type class H5Tget_cset - get character set H5Tget_ebias - get exponent bias @@ -118,6 +178,9 @@ Data types H5Tset_strpad - set string padding H5Tunregister - remove a type conversion function +Compression + H5Tregister - register a new compression method + This release has been tested on UNIX platforms only; specifically: Linux, FreedBSD, IRIX, Solaris & Dec UNIX. |